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 January 26, 2013
 Season 38 episode
SNL Adam Levine
SNL Kendrick Lamar
 Episode 735
 Season Episode 12
 Host Adam Levine
 Musical Guest(s) Kendrick Lamar
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Swimming Pools (Drank)"
"Poetic Justice"
Previous Episode
January 19, 2013
Next Episode
February 9, 2013

The 736th episode and 12th episode of Saturday Night Live 's 38th season premiered on January 26, 2013, hosted by Adam Levine, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5 and the star and coach of the NBC's singing reality competition series The Voice, with rapper Kendrick Lamar as the musical guest, who performed "Swimming Pools (Drank)" and "Poetic Justice" and appeared in the SNL Digital Short. This was Adam Levine's first-time hosting, as well as his 7th appearance. This is also Kendrick Lamar's musical guest debut on SNL.

Cast[]

Main Players[]

Featured Players[]

Sketches and Music Performances[]

  • Inauguration Night (Cold Opening)
  • Rosetta Stone (Commercial)
  • Circle Work (Show)
  • The Sopranos Diaries (Commercial)
  • Firehouse Incident
  • SNL Digital Short - YOLO
  • Rumble
  • Catfish: The TV Show (Show)
  • Adam and Janet
  • Biden Bash (Commerical)

Cast[]

  • Inauguration Night Cold Open
  • In the hours following his re-election Inauguration, President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) is visited by the Ghost of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Kenan Thompson).
  • Opening Monologue
  • Hosting for the first-time, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5 and four-time musical guest Adam Levine is petitioned by Andy Samberg, Cameron Diaz and Jerry Seinfeld to join their team for mentoring, ala Adam's role on "The Voice."
  • Rosetta Stone
  • The online language-learning course for creepy middle-aged men (Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Taran Killam) who desire to travel to Thailand in search of loose Oriental women.
  • Circle Work
    • Adam Levine as Todd Anthony
    • Vanessa Bayer as Dee
    • Nasim Pedrad as Natalie Driscoll
    • Cecily Strong as the announcer (voice only)
    • Jason Sudeikis as Doug Landers
    • Kenan Thompson as Tracy Allstar
  • Tracy Allstar (Kenan Thompson) and Todd Anthony (Adam Levine) offer gay solutions to the problems offered by their heterosexual guests.
  • The Sopranos Diaries
    • Adam Levine as Salvatore Bonpensiero
    • Fred Armisen as Paulie Gualtieri
    • Aidy Bryant as Janice Soprano Baccalieri
    • Bill Hader as Silvio Dante
    • Kate McKinnon as Carmela DeAngelis Soprano
    • Bobby Moynihan as Tony Soprano
    • Tim Robinson as the teacher
    • Cecily Strong as the announcer (voice only) and the guidance counselor
  • Taking a cue from the new “Sex in the City” prequel series, Tony Soprano (Bobby Moynihan) and his fellow goombahs rule the halls of their high school in the 1980’s.
  • Firehouse Incident
    • Adam Levine as Jerry
    • Bill Hader as Brice
    • Taran Killam as Clem
    • Bobby Moynihan as Doug
    • Nasim Pedrad as Rula
    • Cecily Strong as the girl
    • Kenan Thompson as Mario
  • Brice (Bill Hader) goes berserk when he spots fellow firefighter Jerry (Adam Levine) chatting with his ex-girlfriend Rula (Nasim Pedrad) at a firehouse fundraiser.
  • SNL Digital Short - YOLO
  • Adam Levine and The Lonely Island sing “YOLO”, as demonstration of the strange things they’re willing to do in order to prove that “You Only Live Once”.
  • Kendrick Lamar performs "Swimming Pools"
  • Weekend Update
  • Arianna Huffington (Nasim Pedrad) comments on Hillary Clinton and other women in politics. Ready-to-retire Ray Lewis (Kenan Thompson) rambles about his final game in this year’s Super Bowl.
  • Rumble
  • Adam Levine organizes a bar rumble against fellow mellow musicians Train (Taran Killam), Jason Mraz (Jason Sudeikis) and John Mayer (Bill Hader).
  • Catfish: The TV Show
    • Adam Levine as Nev Schulman
    • Aidy Bryant as Jaz
    • Taran Killam as the announcer (voice only) and Max Joseph
    • Jay Pharoah as Gordon
  • Yaniv “Nev” Schulman (Adam Levine) helps Jaz (Aidy Bryant) determine whether or not her online boyfriend (Jay Pharoah) is the real deal.
  • Kendrick Lamar performs "Poetic Justice"
  • Adam and Janet
    • Adam Levine
    • Bobby Moynihan as Janet Peckinpaugh
  • Janet Peckinpaugh (Bobby Moynihan) is ready for a night of sweet romance with Adam Levine in her Murphy bed.
  • Biden Bash
    • Aidy Bryant as Dave Kaufmann
    • Steve Higgins as the announcer (voice only)
    • Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden
  • Forget the boring pageantry of Barack Obama’s inauguration — the real party is taking place in Delaware with Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis), a Neil Diamond impersonator contestant (Adam Levine), and a bouncy castle.
  • Goodnights: Adam Kevine thanked Kendrick Lamar, Andy Samberg, Cameron Diaz and Jerry Seinfeld.

Notes/Trivia[]

Preceded by:
January 19, 2013
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
February 9, 2013
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